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The Shadows Behind Me - Willie Sterner / For six desperate years, Willie Sterner’s skill as a painter saves him from death at the hands of the Nazis. Faced with inhumane conditions in slave labour camps, and grieving the brutal loss of his close-knit family of nine, Willie relies on his courage and ingenuity to hold onto his dignity. Showing how random luck could change the course toward almost certain death for Jews in the Holocaust, Willie finds himself transferred to Oskar Schindler’s Emalia factory, where he comes under the protection of the famed German businessman and becomes his personal art restorer. An unvarnished account of what he experienced and what he lost, The Shadows Behind Me also follows the story of Willie and Eva – the woman he meets on a death march – as they rebuild their lives and regain hope in Canada. Gripping and moving, this is a tribute to one man’s remarkable determination to survive. Introduction by Hilary Earl

Other Title	The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs
GMD	HKHTC Material
Classification	940.53 STE
Publisher	Canada, The Azrieli Foundation, 2012
Subject	Sterner, Willie, 1919-2011.Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives.Holocaust survivors--Canada--Biography.Polish Canadians--Biography.Oskar Schindler's factory.Mauthausen concentration camp--Austria.Krakow Ghetto, established 3 March 1941--Poland
Topic	Holocaust Survivor--Biography.
Series	The Azrieli Series of Holocaust Survivor Memoirs
ISBN	9781897470183
URL	https://memoirs.azrielifoundation.org/titles/the-shadows-behind-me/